From Bandung With(out) Love

Untuk kali ini,mau nge-blog dengan bahasa Indonesia aja.
Capek mikirn grammar yang sepertinya masih banyak salah:D:D

Sebenarnya niat ke Bandung waktu bulan Desember lalu adalah untuk menemani mama menjenguk Nenek yang kakinya sakit,tapi akhirnya tetap harus berkunjung ke beberapa tempat dan menikmati makanan yang saya temukan di Bandung.

Malamnya setelah baru datang di bandung.Langsung janjian dengan seseorang menonton film ini

Hari berikutnya akhirnya perut tak bisa bohong!
memutuskan untuk melihat beberapa makanan yang saya inginkan.
Salah satunya ini!

Mirip seperti ice cream cone tapi ini salah satu pastry yang berbentuk seperti terompet.
Semacam kue pai yang di atasnya diberi krim dan keju.
LUAR BIASA ENAK!! :D:D



Misi berikutnya adalah menemukan kesukaan saya:
Es krim cingcau dan batagor kuah.
Selalu jadi handalan setiap kali ke sana
dan tetap yah si es krim cingcau ini saat itu sulit dicari.

MISI: GAGAL!

Tidak berputus asa, heri berikutnya memutuskan untuk jalan-jalan lagi.
Kali ini yang dipilih adalah kawasan Braga.
Salah satu hal yang saya suka dari kawasan ini adalah suasananya yang mengingatkan seperti kawasan Kota Tua Jakarta (menurut saya).

tiba-tiba cacing dalam perut mulai berteriak dan akhirnya memutuskan untuk cari tempat makan.
Sampailah ditempat makan mie yang cukup terkenal di daerah Dago (katanya).
Setelah memunggu, mie goreng kornet dan jus jambu datang juga.
Tapi ternyata mie-nya tidak matang dan kornetnya pun gak enak!

Jadi,langsung memutuskan untuk langsung capcus dan kembali melirik Braga.
Akhirnya..menemukan suatu hal yang sangat menarik!
Apa itu?

tadaaaaaaaa.....

Ini dia..PARKIR PRA BAYAR!
Tanggal 24 Desember 2013 lalu pagi harinya Walikota Bandung meresmikan parkir pra bayar di Jalan Baraga.
Jadi ketika saya datang,hal ini baru saja diresmikan oleh Beliau.
Amaze adalah kata pertama yang ada dalam pikiran ketika melihat dari jarak dekat.
Di sebelah kanan jalan,sudah ada pembatas lahan parkir yang disediakan pemerintah.

Jakarta Fashion Week 2014 Night Out!

Few months ago(few days before Jakarta Fashion Week 2014 opening ceremony) Joe, Tex Saverio's manager said that they will giving me an invitation for Tex Saverio fashion show.
But, as always he also give 19 invitation to #saveriorette (Tex Saverio fans).






















So, this is me. Acting like a leader and a mother for them. For the 19 people:D:D
*not all of them*

With Sasa and Karin.
I have to change my heels to flat shoe.
Just in case I have to chase Tex Saverio:D:D















 On the line..waiting to entering the venue








I'm holding a fresh flower bouquet for Tex Saverio:D:D

The Journal

Ilustration (taken from www.globalhealthhub.org )

After watched "Girls" the scene when a couple wanna breakup "just" (can I say "just" ?)
because the man read a journal.
Seriuosly...how you can easily breakup "just" because a journal? (-___-)


I don't how many people have a (the) journal(s) in their lives.
I have few but sometimes I forgot I have them:))
Sometimes I just don't know what the different between diary and journal.
I use those things for the exact same thing: TO WRITE
 *yeaaahh, of course*

This is the definition of journal (oxford dictionary):

noun

• 1a newspaper or magazine that deals with a particular subject or professional activity:medical journals [in names]:the Wall Street Journal

• 2a daily record of news and events of a personal nature; a diary: while abroad he had kept a journal
• Nautical a logbook.
• (the Journals) a record of the daily proceedings in the Houses of Parliament.
• (in bookkeeping) a daily record of business transactions with a statement of the accounts to which each is to be debited and credited.

• 3the part of a shaft or axle that rests on bearings.

So,  journal and diary are equal.
I use it to write my short stories (fiction of course) you never knew when your inspiration come.
Cause they come and go as their like.
but I don't (never) use it to write my private or dialy live in it.

One thing for sure:
Do not believe of what you read in the journal.
Not every one use it wo write down their daily lives.
Do not take it too seriously.
I might be not the only one who write down the short stories in the journal.

“Always carry a notebook. And I mean always. The short-term memory only retains information for three minutes; unless it is committed to paper you can lose an idea for ever.”
― Will Self

 

Things We Should Learn From The Carrie Diares (Season 1)

The Carrie Diaries

Everybody knows "Sex  and the City"  so do I.
I looove it alot!!
Not the "sex" part but I love every wardrobe in every episode, totally FLAWLESS!
And the best part is the quotes: the prologue and the epilogue.
One of the great Candace Bushnell I love..
 but after Sex and the City has reached their very last episode come the great prequel of it
"The Carrie Diaries". The first time I found out this prequel I can't wait to watch it.
especially it has the 1984 as their setting.
can' t wait to see the wardrobe. I love Patricia Field's work at the series.

The next best thing I love about The Carrie Diaries is we can learn many things from it:

1. Sometimes something good happen after bad things happen

Remember the early episode of  The Carrie Diaries when her mom died?
She's very sad.Luckly she has her best friends around her.
Few days after the bad news,her dad come to school to offer her the internship job
at a law firm in Manhattan.
A great opportunity for a high school students.

2. Let's turn something awful into something great

Remember when Gorrit ruin their mother bag?
That cute bag turn into something awful.
If I'm on that situation maybe I won't wear it but thank God Carrie doesn't did that.
She turn that awful bag into something great.
As great as piece of art.
And with  that piece of art,Carrie has the opportunity to work as an intern in "Interview Magazine"

conclusion:  We can make great things in our lives if we want to

 3.Women always waiting for the great momen to say " I Love You"

To say I love you is a hard thing to do for a women.
Yes, Carrie Bradshaw proof it.
I remember the scene when Carrie and Sebastian played monopoly
"I love you, Carrie Bradshaw"
"I wanna have sex with you" <-- that what Carrie said.

She knew that it's a mistake and she should say "I love you too" but she just waiting for the perfect moment.
That's women..that's us
we always wait for the perfect moment to say I love you.
We want everything was so perfect.
We just overthinking it.
Trust me, when we (women) say I love you is a huge thing.
So, men..please value us

What makes human, human?

www.mutualresponsibility.org

What makes us human, human?
I think about it all times.
And maybe some of us did this too.
The anwer it depends on the things that we've been through.

Mr. Deepak Chopra said "What makes us human is that we think about the Gods and they think about us"

Well, I'm not as wise as Mr.  Deepak Chopra so I have my own opinion about it.


 What makes human, human?

The upside down that we've been through makes us human:
every tears drop (for better or worse);
every sadness;
every happiness;

every broken heart;

everytime you fall in love;
everytime you down;
everytime you get up after you down;
everytime you upset;
everytime you get mad;
everytime you weak;
everytime you strong;
everytime you wanna give up;
everytime you success;
everytime you failed;
eveytime you dissapointed

what ever you feel,
what ever happen in your life, THAT'S WHAT MAKES US HUMAN.
Just enjoy the tears and laughs,
enjoy the every second in your life
And don't ever try to be perfect (cause no human is perfect)
just try to be better everyday

Things You Should Say to Your Heart

Image taken from www.smokeassistwarning.com

Sometimes you just need to take your time and having a little conversation with your heart.
This might be things you should say to your heart:

1."Dear, heart...please be smart"
The greatest thing about eart is it CAN NOT think.
They'll do what they want to
and they'll say what they want to.

2. "I should have listen to you"
The only things we say it because they know us better than ourselves.

3. "I hate you when you make me feel like an idiot"
the so called heart-beats-your brain  situation

4. "I  believe in you"
I always remember a great quote from Paulo Coelho Book "The Alchemist"

*I forgot the real sentences in the book.I write it based on my memories*

A: "Believe in your heart"
B: "How do I know if my heart tells me the truth?"
A: "If you never lie to your heart, it won't betrayed you"

5. "Please be strong,heart"
Paulo Coelho say that "No matter how good a person is, sometimes they can hurt you and because of this we must forgive."

6. "Don't worry, you'll find another great heart"
People come and go as they like in our lives. Broken heart is a part of everyone cycle.

7. "Lead me to a great path"
I never tell you lie. I hope you will lead me to a great path where every gerat things still waiting for me

Thank you,187

Berapa jumlah buruh yang dibutuhkan agar para pemimpin memerhatikan demonstrasi  yang mereka lakukan?

Ribuan?puluh ribuan?Mungkin.

Tapi apakah jumlah pendemo yang banyak akan menjamin keberhasilan tuntutan yang mereka ajukan?

Belum tentu.

link: www.theguardian.com

*Salah satu adegan film Made in Dagenham.Film yang terilhami dari gerakan demonstrasi pekerja perempuan di Ford Dagenham tahun 1968*

Pada tahun 1968, sebanyak 187 pekerja wanita melakukan aksi demonstrasi.

187 pekerja wanita ini adalah para penjahit jok mobil yang bekerja di salah satu perusahaan besar di Inggris, Fordagenham. Mereka menentang adanya diskriminasi terhadap kaum perempuan terutama dalam hal jumlah pendapatan.

Ford yang sudah menjadi perusahaan besar, memperkerjakan pekerja perempuan dan laki-laki dalam perusahaannya,tetapi para pekerja wanita hanya menerima kurang dari setengah penghasilan para pekerja laki-laki di sana.Padahal mereka memiliki keahlian menjahit, jumlah jam kerja yang sama dan beban kerja yang sama dengan para laki-laki.

Apa yang menyebabkan mereka mendapat penghasilan kurang dari setengah penghasilan laki-laki?

Jawabannya: KARENA MEREKA PEREMPUAN!

Ya,kaum yang sering kali dianggap sebagai gender ke dua di negara itu(atau mungkin di banyak negara).

Bukan kaum pekerja saja yang mendapat jumlah penghasilan seperti itu,melainkan para perempuan yang bekerja di perkantoran dan instansi pemerintah.

Jadi,demonstrasi yang dilakukan oleh para pekerja perempuan Ford Dagenham adalah sebuah tindakan yang sangat berani dan tentu saja didukung oleh perempuan lainnya.

Awalnya tindakan mereka tentu dianggap sebagai sebuah lelucon oleh banyak pihak,maklum pada saat itu kaum perempuan yang berdemontrasi memang merupakan sebuah hal baru.

Sebuah perjuangan panjang yang akhirnya bisa dilalui para pekerja wanita ini membuahkan hasil ketika akhirnya pemerintah Inggris mengabulkan tuntutan mereka.

187 perempuan luar biasa ini pun akhirnya yang membuat  equal pay act pada tahun 1970 diberlakukan di beberapa negara.

187 perempuan yang luar biasa, dan mungkin para perempuan ini lah salah satu alasan mengapa sampai sekarang kaum pekerja perempuan bisa mendapat jumlah penghasilan yang sama dengan laki-laki.

Terima kasih,para pekerja perempuan Ford Dagenham.

Thank you, each and every one of you is a hero.